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9 years ago

What is the big deal that you had to add _gw to your user new. Everyone knows that it simply signifies you came over from Garden Web. Hang in there and you'll get use to the new format. I do hope they will figure out a way to continue some of the features we had before, like the Birthday button. Just give it some time.

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glenda_al

9 years ago

I'm still me :o)

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satine_gw
9 years ago
Georgysmom, I am going to spend some time navigating the new site. I really hope that all of our friends from gw hang in there. I would miss seeing posts from so many. Satine
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Jasdip
9 years ago
Don't forget, you can use whatever username you want. Go into Your Houzz, Edit Profile, then type your username in First Name of Public profile.

You can eliminate the _gw if you like
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socks
9 years ago
I finally dropped the "12345" after so many years, and even tho' it shows just "socks" when I post, it shows socks12345 in the profile and won't change. I'll worry about it later...
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socks
9 years ago
Oh....and no editing posts???
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dees_1
9 years ago
My name didn't have anything added to it when I confirmed my account. I know others have had some issues with their id/name.

I do hope everyone gives themselves a bit of time to get used to things.
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beesneeds
9 years ago
socks, you can edit you posts... in the upper right hand corner of your post is a pencil and a flag. The pencil is for editing your posts.
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Chi
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
You can edit posts. There should be a little pencil in the upper right of your post next to the delete.
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Sue_va
9 years ago
I have a question ; I would like to change my name back to what it was, but if I do that and it for some reason doesn't come out right, can I change it back to what it is now?
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Amazing Aunt Audrey
9 years ago
Yes Sue you can
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Lindsey_CA
9 years ago
Issues with usernames came about because lots of usernames were already "taken" by other people who were already member of Houzz. I'm someone who was affected by that. "Lindsey_CA" was apparently already in use by a Houzz member, so my username is actually "webuser_xxxxxx" with each "x" being replaced by a number. But, I am able to change my DISPLAY name to Lindsey_CA.

Although I am glad for that, it really makes little sense. If more than one of us can be shown as Lindsey_CA, it might be kind of difficult to tell who's who. I guess that's where the avatar comes in. But if more than one person with the same display name doesn't have any avatar at all... Oh, well...
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gadgets
9 years ago
Editing: You say I can edit by seeing the pencil at upper right, beside delete. And supposed to be a flag there too. I find absolutely none of any of those things. Now what?
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gadgets
9 years ago
Never mind, I found the pencil. I was looking at the top of the page right hand corner. The very, very grayed out items are just not showing up enough for me.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
You may have to adjust your screen size if it's off the screen but it shouldn't be. YouY must be on a post that you wrote once there on the line where your name is follow straight across the top of your post to the right edge. Right there in very light gray is a tiny pencil icon it's on everyone's at the same spot so you definitely have one. There is a time limit to how long it appears, if you are past that limit the pencil is not available.

Timelimits for the original start post on a topic is one hour, time limits for regular posts in a thread is one week for typos etc. YouY do have a pencil on your post above mine just follow across the top edge of your post to the right.
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Sue_va
9 years ago
AAA, Thanks. I may or may not have succeeded, but at least I tried. We'll see sooner or later. I fail to understand why houzz would expect every GW member to be happy over all this.

Sue
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